Suzumaki

Update - he's fine! After a while he stopped trying to pick at it and the vet couldn't see us that day so I decided to wait over night, he hadn't screamed at all since the first hour when I posted. I brought his cage into my bedroom so I could get to him quicker if he fell over. In the morning, he had tucked the feather back into place so it wasn't sticking out anymore, and he started acting normal again. I left the house for probably 20 minutes at one point to pick up food and when I got back the feather was at the bottom of his cage and he seems fine, no blood at all, the feathers under that wing look a little picked at but he's never been a plucker so I doubt that will get any worse, but I'm keeping an eye on it.

Hi, I've been meaning to join the forum for a long time and I'm frustrated that this has to be my first post My CAG Casey is almost done growing out his feathers after a clip last year (no more clipping for us, he is better this way!) and today we were doing some flight practice and on one run he went straight down, didn't hit anything, and one of his new feathers that he's just started unsheathing was stuck out to the side. http://i51.tinypic.com/2mchgli.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/73ktvq.jpg There is a little blood on it as you can see, and i found two tiny drops on the floor, and he cries out in pain if he touches it. He was trying to preen it back into place at first but now he's just sulking in his cage. I'm really worried about him and I'm afraid if I try to take him to the vet the trip would just make things worse, he hates his carrier (I'm a few months into nudging it closer and closer to his cage but it still upsets him). This happened an hour ago and he's tried to preen it about five times now and screams every time. I know I shouldn't pull it out or cut it or anything but I don't know if he'll be able to fix it on his own. I have flour ready in case he starts bleeding and/or if he bites the shaft up. I'm also really sad that it's his brand new flight feather Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I canceled my plans for the afternoon and am just sitting here watching him, worried sick